The Labour party of my dreams would stand up for poorer people. Where is it? | Simon Jenkins

The nation surely deserves a party of the left – and a real choice when it goes to the polls

There is the moment in an election campaign when I crave a choice, not an echo. That moment is now. For starters, I want a real Labour party. I know what the Tories are about. I have watched them at it for years. But against them the nation surely deserves a party of what is conventionally called the left. Where is it?

The new politics suggests we focus not on policies but on groups, tribes, interests....